English-Thai Dictionary

weakness

N ความอ่อนแอ  ความ ไร้สมรรถภาพ  ความ ไม่มี สมรรถภาพ  feebleness frailness infirmity healthfulness strength vigor kwam-on-are

 

weakness

N จุดอ่อน  ข้อด้อย  ข้อเสีย  ข้อบกพร่อง  jud-on

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WEAKNESS

n. 1. Want of physical strength; want of force or vigor; feebleness; as the weakness of a child; the weakness of an invalid; the weakness of a wall or bridge, or of thread or cordage.
2. Want of sprightliness.
Soft, without weakness; without glaring, gay.
3. Want of steadiness.
By such a review, we shall discern and strengthen our weaknesses.
4. Infirmity; unhealthiness; as weakness of constitution.
5. Want of moral force or effect upon the mind; as the weakness of evidence; the weakness of arguments.
6. Want of judgment; feebleness of mind; foolishness.
All wickedness is weakness.
7. Defect; failing; fault; with a plural.
Many take pleasure in spreading abroad the weaknesses of an exalted character.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WEAKNESS

WEAKNESS Weak "ness, n.

 

1. The quality or state of being weak; want of strength or firmness; lack of vigor; want of resolution or of moral strength; feebleness.

 

2. That which is a mark of lack of strength or resolution; a fault; a defect. Many take pleasure in spreading abroad the weakness of an exalted character. Spectator.

 

Syn. -- Feebleness; debility; languor; imbecility; infirmness; infirmity; decrepitude; frailty; faintness.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

weakness

weak ness |ˈwēknis ˈwiknɪs | ▶noun the state or condition of lacking strength: the country's weakness in international dealings. • a quality or feature regarded as a disadvantage or fault: you must recognize your product's strengths and weaknesses. • a person or thing that one is unable to resist or likes excessively: you're his one weakness —he should never have met you. • [ in sing. ] (weakness for ) a self-indulgent liking for: he had a great weakness for Scotch whisky.

 

Oxford Dictionary

weakness

weak |ness |ˈwiːknɪs | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] the state or condition of being weak: the country's weakness in international dealings. 2 a disadvantage or fault: you must recognize your product's strengths and weaknesses. 3 a person or thing that one is unable to resist or likes excessively: you're his one weakness —he should never have met you. • (weakness for ) a self-indulgent liking for: his weakness for prawn cocktails.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

weakness

weakness noun 1 with old age came weakness: frailty, feebleness, enfeeblement, fragility, delicacy; infirmity, sickness, sickliness, debility, incapacity, impotence, indisposition, decrepitude, vulnerability. 2 he has worked on his weaknesses: fault, flaw, defect, deficiency, weak point, failing, shortcoming, weak link, imperfection, Achilles heel, foible. 3 a weakness for champagne: fondness, liking, partiality, preference, love, penchant, soft spot, predilection, inclination, taste, eye; enthusiasm, appetite; susceptibility. 4 the president was accused of weakness: timidity, cowardliness, pusillanimity; indecision, irresolution, ineffectuality, ineptitude, impotence, meekness, powerlessness, ineffectiveness. 5 the weakness of this argument: untenability, implausibility, poverty, inadequacy, transparency; flimsiness, hollowness. 6 the weakness of the sound: indistinctness, mutedness, faintness, feebleness, lowness; dimness, paleness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

weakness

weakness noun 1 his illness resulted in weakness for the rest of his life: frailty, feebleness, enfeeblement, puniness, fragility, delicateness, delicacy, weakliness; infirmity, sickness, sickliness, shakiness, debility, incapacity, indisposition, decrepitude, enervation, fatigue, exhaustion, tiredness; informal weediness. ANTONYMS strength, vigour. 2 he has worked on his weaknesses and his form has improved: fault, flaw, defect, deficiency, weak point /spot, failing, foible, shortcoming, imperfection, blemish, Achilles heel, chink in one's armour. ANTONYMS strength, forte. 3 he had a weakness for champagne: fondness, liking, love, passion, partiality, preference, penchant, soft spot, bent, predisposition, predilection, leaning, inclination, proneness, proclivity, disposition, taste, eye; relish, zeal, enthusiasm, appetite. ANTONYMS dislike. 4 the President's public changes of mind led to accusations of indecision and weakness: spinelessness, timidity, cravenness, cowardliness, pusillanimity, timorousness, indecisiveness, indecision, irresolution, ineffectuality, uselessness, ineptness, ineptitude, effeteness, meekness, tameness, powerlessness, ineffectiveness, impotence, faint-heartedness; informal chicken-heartedness. ANTONYMS strength, resolve. 5 the symptoms include weakness of the eyes: inadequacy, defectiveness, faultiness, deficiency, imperfection. ANTONYMS strength, power. 6 the weakness of this argument was soon shown up: unconvincingness, untenability, tenuousness, implausibility, unsatisfactoriness, slightness, poverty, inadequacy, thinness, transparency; unsoundness, flimsiness, lameness, hollowness. ANTONYMS strength. 7 the weakness of the sound | the weakness of the street lamps: indistinctness, muffledness, mutedness, faintness, lowness, low intensity; dimness, paleness, wanness, dullness, feebleness. ANTONYMS strength. WORD LINKS weakness asthenophobia fear of weakness Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

weakness

weak ness /wíːknəs /→weak 名詞 複 ～es /-ɪz /1 U (体の )弱さ , 虚弱 , 【身体部位の 】弱いこと «in » .2 U (行動に現れる )意志の弱さ ; 気弱さ ; 低能 , 愚鈍 .3 C (攻撃 非難の対象となる )欠点 ; (性格上の )弱点 (!自制がきかないことから来る小さなものをいう; →fault ) ▸ human weaknesses 人間の弱さ 4 U 〖具体例では 可算 〗(根拠などの )不十分 , 【論点 裁判の 】根拠のなさ «in » ; 苦手 (な点 ).5 U (制度 組織 設計の )弱さ ; 権力 [勢力 , 影響力 ]のなさ ; (政府 指導者の )指導力のなさ .6 C 〖通例the /one's ～〗(通貨 経済 工業 政府の )うまくいっていない状態 , 不況 ▸ the weakness of the yen 円安 7 C 大好物 ; 〖通例単数形で 〗 «…に » 目がないこと «for » ▸ have a weakness for chocolate チョコレートに目がない